How to Not Squash the Divergent Genius of Children
It is simple.
Divergent thinking is the skill of imagination. It is looking at a fork a seeing a hundred ways a fork could be used. When we create we need divergent thinking, it is the first step of creation.
Creativity and genius go hand in hand, as creativity is the skill of making new connections, generating new ideas, and solving problems in new, more efficient ways.
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Keeping the divergent thinking and creative abilities of our children alive is not rocket science. Here are 24 easy ways to give your kids what they need to hold onto these abilities.
The world needs divergent thinkers. Everyone that history has labeled as genius was a divergent thinker, going against the limiting beliefs of their time. We could have a whole generation of these thinkers, and they could solve big problems.
We just have to get out of the way.